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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128a Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-01-28 PDF Text Text Richmon, Va January 28 1854 Dear wife and children i take my pen in hand this morning in order to Let you No that i am well at presants and hoping that theas few Lines may find my old patridg and her children all well i have Nothing very strong to write oneley i want to git home the worst that ever you saw any body in your Life fore dollars pur day is No [obeject?] to me like home is but the opiniaun of the hous is that the session will be exstendid for thirth days and if so i want be at home un tell aprile and if it is Not extended i will be at home about the 10 or 12 da of March it has bin a veary warme winter hear the warmist win ter that ever i saw in my life and the has bin Right smart feever in this plase and small pox but i think my helth at this time is as good as it has bin in 5 year if i hold on fatenen un tell spring i will be in good order shore tell my babes that i want to see them all and i want them to be good children un tell papy comes home.[Continued from page 4]and sense I bin hear I have droad a goald pen and pensel and onley put in 25 cts and it is worth 6 dollars I will Bring it to you Richard when I come home https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/2777/Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128b.jpg 887593353cd4916f9a3c9372a729cf4f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128b Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-01-28 PDF Text Text Richard you Rote to me that you had sumthing New to Rite to me and it was a fact it maid me Laugh and i hant quit Laughing yet it pleased me very much i [inshaur?] you Richard you must keep close to your scool for Richard if you No what is good for yourself you will stick close to your scool for it will make a man of you you dont No the worth of edegcatioun incuridg your sisters and Litel brother you cold Larne them of a Night and if you all wold pride in giting at edga catioun i wold be will ing to work day and Night for your sakes for that is be fore all Riches for if i had good Larning i would Not take any money for it and the main point is to stick close to it and i want be grudg to pay for all of your Larn ing Be good children and oBay your mother un tell pap comes home https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/2777/Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128c.jpg 2eeb46f0de5b7f22df8fd409a59344a2 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128c Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-01-28 PDF Text Text Jane after i heard that you had that Whig Boy i enlisted my frends to come to my Room that Nite and that it was my treat and the was a bout 50 of them came and it costed me fifteen dollars and 75 cents for the Newes wich i did Not be grudg it fori be Leave i was the best pleas man of it that you ever saw in your Life and to hear of all be ing over and all well i want you to Rite to me very offen for it is a grait satis factioun to me even to con vears with you by Leter bles your fat looks Jane no for i want to see you a sight. i have saw a grait deal sensei left home and has Larned a grait deal the trip is worth a grait deal to me for what i have saw and Lumed. yours affect tant husban WmVinson Jane Vinson + children https://digitalsc.lib.vt.edu/files/original/2777/Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128d.jpg 4b18f72ea620fd8e9e6f82a4c6d596d9 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2008_048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854_0128d Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-01-28 PDF Text Text gave my best Respects to all of my en quiren frends and tell them that i will be glad to hear from them on all a casion and will at tend to any mater hear wich may come up in be half of wayne co I stick close to my poste hear. Richard you can tell the peopel in that plase that i think that i will git a male Rout up tug i have gut up a patisshian and has got the most of the members and sinet to asigen it and i am a going to start it to washington city to congress or to the genarl post master and i think that the will be No doubt in us giting the Rout and i think i will git a road up tug and one up 12 pole tell Robert Wellman to git a order from his father to ortherise me to collect his money from the arder tor so far Well i will be at home as soon as i can Yours Wm Vinson i put in and took a lotery ticket for 5 dollars and sense i Rote this Jeter i see in this morning paper that i have droad one hundred and 12 50 cts[Continued on page 1]and sense I bin hear I have droad a goald pen and pensel and onley put in 25 cts and it is worth 6 dollars I will Bring it to you Richard when I come home Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Regional History and the Appalachian South Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Appalachia Document A resource containing textual data. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter, William Vinson to Wife and Children, Richmond Va., January 28, 1854 (Ms2008-048) Subject The topic of the resource Local/Regional History and Appalachian South Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: William Vinson Letter, Ms2008-048 - Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Description An account of the resource This collection contains a letter written by Virginia House of Delegates member William Vinson to his wife and children in Wayne County, (West) Virginia. After noting his homesickness, Vinson proceeds to write of the possibility of the general assembly session being extended, then makes note of health conditions in the Richmond area ("the has bin Right smart feever in this plase and small pox...") and describes his personal health. Addressing his son, Richard, Vinson extols at length the value of a good education. He then expresses delight at recent news about the birth of his new son ("Jane after i heard that you had that Whig Boy i enlisted my frends to come to my Room that Nite and that it was my treat..."). Vinson makes some mention of his own endeavors in the general assembly on behalf of his constituents, including his attempts to get a mail route and road up the Tug Fork River and a road up Twelve Pole Creek. Vinson concludes by noting that he has won more than $100 and an expensive pen and pencil set through local lotteries. William Vinson, son of James Vinson and Rhoda Sperry, was born about 1819 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. He married Jane Chambers, of Wyoming County, (West) Virginia in September 1835. The couple lived in Wayne County for some time and had several children. Vinson served in the Virginia House of Delegates for one session (1853-1854). One source indicates that he served as a captain in the 14th Kentucky Infantry, though no further record of his service could be found. Vinson died in 1883 in Lawrence County, Kentucky. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaead/published/vt/viblbv00274.xml.frame">See the Finding Aid for the William Vinson Letter</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1854-01-28 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource <a href="https://omeka.lib.vt.edu/files/thumbnails/spec_forms/PubPermission.doc">Permission to publish material from the William Vinson Letter must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.</a> Type The nature or genre of the resource Letters Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Vinson, William Language A language of the resource English Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ms2008-048_VinsonWilliam_Letter_1854 Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. <a href="http://spec.lib.vt.edu/">Special Collections, University Libraries, Virginia Tech</a> archived